Honkytonk U

Honkytonk U - Toby Keith

My grandmother owned a night club

On the Arkansas-Oklahoma line

Mama put me on a Greyhound

And I went to stay with her in the summertime

I'd box up those empty long-necks

And stack 'em in the back and make a ham

Then at night she'd let me sneak out

Of the kitchen and let me sit in with the band

Yes I have sacked some quarterbacks

And broke my share of bones along the way

I knew it wouldn't last forever

Semi-pro always means semi-payed

I started climbing drilling rigs

I'm oil field trash and proud as I can be yeah

Then I took my songs and guitar

And sang 'em for a man from Tennessee

I've played every beer joint tavern

From New York City out to Pasadena

Every corn dog fair and rodeo

And sold out every basketball arena

Like to get down with my boys

In Afghanistan and Baghdad City too

I am a red white and blue blood

Graduate of Honky Tonk U

A star can't burn forever

And the brightest ones will someday lose their shine

But the glass won't ever be

Half empty in my optimistic mind

I'll still have a song to sing

And a band to turn it up and play it loud

As long as there's a bar room

With a corner stage and a honky tonk crowd

I've played every beer joint tavern

From New York City out to Pasadena

Every corn dog fair and rodeo

And sold out every basketball arena

I like to get down with my boys

In Afghanistan and Baghdad City too

Son I'm a red white and blue blood

Graduate of Honky Tonk U

Son I'm a red white and blue blood

Graduate of Honky Tonk U